The Football.....

[Monsieur Remings]

If we don't win tonight, there really is no hope; after what I considered to be a good display against the 'pool we need 3 points.

Come on U Rrrrrsssssssssssssssszzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!

 

[Roadhump]

Is that good or bad?

Very good - not sure where the expression comes from but I think it derives from the term "keen as mustard". Anyway Eto'o is ace!!!

 

[Roadhump]

If we don't win tonight, there really is no hope; after what I considered to be a good display against the 'pool we need 3 points.

Come on U Rrrrrsssssssssssssssszzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!

I was gutted that QPR managed to gift the points to Liverpool last week, not because of any soft spot for QPR but because I am a bitter bluenose. If you play the same tonight you stand a chance, Villa were woefully poor at Goodison last weekend and I could see why it was their 4th consecutive defeat.

 

[MarkF]

Best FA cup draw for years! The Shaymen v The Bantams, tickets will be like gold dust and the great West Yorkshire love in will be back at long last. (L666s and Hudders not invited) You can keep your PL.

 

[Monsieur Remings]

I was gutted that QPR managed to gift the points to Liverpool last week, not because of any soft spot for QPR but because I am a bitter bluenose. If you play the same tonight you stand a chance, Villa were woefully poor at Goodison last weekend and I could see why it was their 4th consecutive defeat.

I don't think we gifted the points, we were very unlucky and 4 goals in 4 minutes of stoppage, you couldn't make it up.

To be fair, Villa weren't that bad tonight but we deserved the 3 points. Mind you, it doesn't get any easier - Chelsea at the Bridge on Saturday.

 

[gavgav]

I'm like a kid on Xmas Eve. High with excitement. Shrewsbury v Chelsea tomorrow. Can we pull off the biggest shock in years...........probably only 1 in 100 chance, but you never know!!

 

[gavgav]

Best FA cup draw for years! The Shaymen v The Bantams, tickets will be like gold dust and the great West Yorkshire love in will be back at long last. (L666s and Hudders not invited) You can keep your PL.

We've got Walsall away for the 3rd time in 8 years and 2nd year in a row!. Must be pretty long odds at that happening? Getting bored with trips to their Biscuit Tin stadium now and we've lost them all as well!

 

[gavgav]

I can't get the song "Things can only get better" out of my head this evening. The words surely have to be true when your team has:

1 been run into the ground by a foreign criminal who drags his feet over every urgent decision that needs taking
2 lost its entire squad of players from just 3 years ago
3 just sacked its manager and
4 only won one home game in the last 25, and just lost 0-8 at home to Bournemouth.

It can't get worse ............ can it?

I have been there to see them lose 0-7 at home a few years ago, but that was to Liverpool, and in a League Cup QF, and was a freak scoreline for a game that should have probably been 2-4 on the night. My mate Toby and I were sat right by the Liverpool fans, who were chanting "We want eight!". Whilst we felt pretty sick about it, we still kept our Brummie sense of humour, and managed to rouse a handful of people around us to respond with "We want one!" But today, really? By all accounts it could have been 1-12.

Suppose I should count myself lucky that I went to the 1-0 home win against Brighton a few weeks ago. Given time, I might get all misty-eyed with nostalgia over that one.

You seem to have had an unfair share of mis management/dodgy owners over the years! We had some good battles during the Barry Fry years but I didn't think we would play you again in a league game.......could happen again next year if current form continues for Blues and Shrews!

 

[AndyRM]

Good luck @gavgav, I suspect you will need it...

The lack of a potential giant killing for us North of the border is always disappointing. Celtic are pretty much the only scalp for Killie these days.

 

[swee'pea99]

I don't think we gifted the points, we were very unlucky and 4 goals in 4 minutes of stoppage, you couldn't make it up.

To be fair, Villa weren't that bad tonight but we deserved the 3 points. Mind you, it doesn't get any easier - Chelsea at the Bridge on Saturday.

Typically perceptive analysis from the guardian website:

 

[Roadhump]

I don't think we gifted the points, we were very unlucky and 4 goals in 4 minutes of stoppage, you couldn't make it up.

To be fair, Villa weren't that bad tonight but we deserved the 3 points. Mind you, it doesn't get any easier - Chelsea at the Bridge on Saturday.

I agree you were unlucky, the only reason I said gifted them the points was the 2 own goals, which in fairness were unlucky - in contrast to your bad luck I just couldn't believe how lucky they had been, for the billionth time I care to remember, to grope such a lucky win yet again. Agree QPR deserved the points tonight.

 

[Roadhump]

Typically perceptive analysis from the guardian website:

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Are Lambert's days numbered? David Moyes and Roy Keane neck and neck to succeed him according to oddschecker:

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/aston-villa/next-permanent-manager

 

[AndyRM]

Are Lambert's days numbered? David Moyes and Roy Keane neck and neck to succeed him according to oddschecker:

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/aston-villa/next-permanent-manager

Has he not recently signed a new long term contract? I think he's been quite unlucky, regularly losing key players to injury, particularly Benteke. Much as I like Keane, he seems a bit of a dinosaur in terms of management style, whereas Lambert is interested and develops youth. Moyes could be a good fit though, certainly used to working with a restricted budget.

 

[MarkF]

Tbh I thought Villa were totally hopeless, that is the main reason QPR won and looked ok. Villa were shambolic and struggled to string 3 passes together, they had not a clue what they were doing.

Cracking finishes from Austin.

 

[Roadhump]

Lambert recently signed a contract extension that takes him to 2018. Villa started the season well but last night was their 5th consecutive defeat without scoring a goal. I don't think Lambert will be sacked provided they start to get the odd decent result amongst the poor ones. I don't know for certain but I have heard that Randy Lerner is quite realistic about life in the Premiership and isn't prepared to invest the vast amounts of money needed to compete at the very top., IIRC he is looking to sell as well.

There is a Villa fan who joins us at Goodison each season when we play them and he told me that despite their generally poor form under Lambert they like some of the things he has done such as developing young players and he isn't under that much pressure. How long that will last if this carries on though? They were poor last night and very poor at Goodison last weekend; after our poor start to the season I expected a much tougher test, but they were so lightweight it took a bit of the shine off our 3-0 win.